Arts briefs for Sunday, Dec. 1, 2013

Friday

Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum will hold its 37th annual Christmas Open House from 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 6 and 2 to 6 p.m. Dec. 7.

Role players will walk through the museum's Pioneer Town, celebrating the holiday as it was done in the 1890s.

In the basement, children can make holiday crafts, while storytellers will be on hand in the Petroleum Theatre to share Christmas stories around a crackling fire. Children's choirs and other entertainers will sing in the Derrick Room.

The event at the museum, 2503 Fourth Ave., is free, but cans of food will be accepted to benefit the High Plains Food Bank.

For information, call 806-651-2244 or visit www.panhandleplains.org.

Chamber Music to bring jazz musician

Chamber Music Amarillo's Jazz on 6th series will bring in Texas jazz legend Bob Morgan for its second concert of the season.

Morgan, a keyboardist and director of jazz studies emeritus at Houston's High School for Performing and Visual Arts, will perform with trumpeter Dave Ritter in "Dave Ritter: Jazz with Strings, Out of Nowhere."

The portraits of members of Carter Chapel Primitive Baptist Church show women of faith wearing their Sunday-best hats, frequently called "crowns."

"I've always wanted to do this photography project. It fascinates me," Duke said in a news release. "I believe each hat and the woman who wears it are works of art."

The show runs through Dec. 30.

For information, call 806-352-8238 or email ralphdukephoto@gmail.com.

Sunset Center gallery to feature fabric art

A new gallery dedicated to fabric art will open during First Friday Art Walk at The Galleries at Sunset Center, 3701 Plains Blvd.

Barbara Crawford's Fiber Arts will open in Studio No. 44 at the galleries during the walk, which runs 5 to 9 p.m. Dec. 6.

Crawford works with wool rovings, yarns and exotic fibers to create pieces to wear or hang on walls. She shares the studio with Emiliana Erriquez, who puts famous quotes onto wearable items of clothes.

For information, call 816-673-9081.

Western artist's work added to collection

Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon has acquired a painting by Western artist Robert Lougheed for its collection.

Lougheed's "Capturing the Medicine Hat," a 20-by-30 oil on board, which was reproduced in Marguerite Henry's 1972 novel "San Domingo: The Medicine Hat Stallion," was given to PPHM by an anonymous donor.

Logheed, a native of Ontario, Canada, developed a passion for drawing wildlife and studied at the Ontario College of Arts in Toronto and the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Montreal before working as an illustrator for the Toronto Star. He later worked for Reader's Digest, Sports Afield, True, Argosy and Collier's. His work as a commercial artist included coming up with the flying red horse logo for Mobil Oil.

Works by Lougheed can be seen at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, the Phoenix Art Museum, the New Mexico Museum of Art and others. This is the first of his works to enter the PPHM collection.

Amarillo Opera to host auditions Dec. 7

Amarillo Opera will hold auditions for the opera's upcoming performance of "The Very Last Green Thing" from 10 a.m. to 4 pm. Dec. 7 in the Amarillo College Concert Hall Theater on the Washington Street campus.

Roles are available for girls ages 6 to 16 and boys singing in the treble clef.

The production, an opera written by Cary John Franklin, will be staged Feb. 7 and 8 as part of Amarillo Opera's Family Chamber Opera Series.

For information, call 806-372-7464.

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